Former New York Yankee and Grammy-nominated musician Bernie Williams will join musician, actress, and producer Queen Latifah, music duo The Bacon Brothers, singer-composer Paul Shaffer, and others to serve as a judge in the Breathless Ballad Challenge, a lyric competition that aims to raise awareness about idiopathic pulmonary…
Two people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and poor lung function underwent chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) while continuing with their antifibrotic treatment, with clinical benefit evident in both. These findings suggest that “chemotherapy can be considered in patients…
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine were selected to join the Three Lakes Consortium for Pulmonary Fibrosis to help advance the development of new treatments for pulmonary fibrosis (PF). As part of the consortium, both universities will be collaborating with…
Insilico Medicine announced that it has found a new therapeutic target and potential therapy candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) using artificial intelligence (AI), a company specialty. The potential therapy, a small molecule inhibitor, has been validated in preclinical…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and granted priority review to an application for Esbriet (pirfenidone) as a treatment for unclassifiable interstitial lung disease (UILD). The supplemental new drug application was submitted by Genentech, Esbriet’s developer and a member of the Roche Group, based on…
In mouse models of lung cancer and fibrosis, a combination of Esbriet (pirfenidone) and anti-PD-L1 therapy strengthened an anti-tumor immune response and reduced tumor growth, while also easing pulmonary scarring in the animals. This combination therapy might be useful in treating lung…
The new documentary “Beyond Breathless,” spotlighting interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients and their families, will feature actress and producer Queen Latifah and former NY Yankee Bernie Williams. “Beyond Breathless” premieres on the…
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